Several close family members of a PDP leader, including his father and elder brother, on Friday survived 12-hour long hostage crisis after three gun-totting terrorists barged into their house in Kishtwar’s Gurian and fled with the service gun of the leader’s security guard after thrashing him.
The sensational incident, second in the last six months, prompted district authorities to immediately impose curfew in Kishtwar to prevent escape of this group of terrorists. Additional forces were deployed on ground zero to cordon off the area before a massive manhunt was launched. Before fleeing in the one of the family cars of the PDP leader, the terrorists kept the leader’s father, elder brother, women and children hostages in separate rooms.
The incident came to light after the security guard, tied with ropes, freed himself and rushed to the nearest police station to inform the snatching of his service weapon by a group of terrorists.